Milton vs Yanceyville

A side-by-side comparison of Milton and Yanceyville: population, income, housing, and more.

Milton and Yanceyville are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Yanceyville has the higher population (2,376 vs 159 in Milton). Milton has the higher median household income ($33,750 vs $28,662 in Yanceyville). Milton has the higher median home value ($225,000 vs $132,900 in Yanceyville).

Population, income & housing

	Milton	Yanceyville
Population	159	2,376
Median age	55.3 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$33,750	$28,662
Median home value	$225,000	$132,900
Median gross rent	—	$609
Housing units	102	1,027
Homeownership rate	91.3%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	7.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Milton	Yanceyville
Population	202 → 159 (-21.3%)	2,371 → 2,376 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$66,250 → $33,750 (-49.1%)	$19,828 → $28,662 (+44.6%)
Median home value	$116,200 → $225,000 (+93.6%)	$96,700 → $132,900 (+37.4%)
Median gross rent	$760 → $771 (+1.4%)	$455 → $609 (+33.8%)

Milton

Population

202159

Median household income

$66,250$33,750

Median home value

$116,200$225,000

Median gross rent

$760$771

Yanceyville

Population

2,3712,376

Median household income

$19,828$28,662

Median home value

$96,700$132,900

Median gross rent

$455$609

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Milton	Yanceyville
Under 5	5.7%	5.1%
5 to 17	10.7%	8.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.5%
25 to 34	3.8%	12.8%
35 to 44	20.1%	12.4%
45 to 54	9.4%	11.8%
55 to 64	11.9%	14.7%
65 to 74	13.2%	18.2%
75 and over	25.2%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Milton	Yanceyville
White (non-Hispanic)	62.3%	33.8%
Black or African American	32.7%	60.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Milton	Yanceyville
No high school diploma	9.0%	20.9%
High school graduate	25.6%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	42.1%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Milton	Yanceyville
Drove alone	46.3%	74.3%
Carpooled	7.4%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	5.1%
Other means	42.6%	11.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Milton	Yanceyville
1-unit, detached	100.0%	61.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	23.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Milton	Yanceyville
Poverty rate	26.4%	34.3%
Average household size	1.99	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	35	22
Median year structure built	1940	1973